is it consistent with what ryan is saying? in particular what he was saying about some of these gender politics. >> absolutely. i think that one of the interesting things i thought about as you were talking, just the way the parties and the media have been talking about the women's vote, it drives me crazy because the idea that there is something called the women's vote and talking with the education is a perfect illustration that there is no sort a woman's vote. what's interesting about women voters is that it is, you know, they have been under performance for obama and congressional democrats really since 2009. even if you look at health care, the democratic policies, this is a group that should be more supportive and there is real softness, especially among older women and blue-collar women which plays out in the 2010 election. well we're seeing now is that it's taking a very long time to bring women back to where they worked. and even so, obama is still underperforming. he won 54 percent of women. and right now he is winni